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Paladia Noja

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Paladia Noja
Paladia Noja
Paladia Noja on her 108th birthday in 2023
Birth: 20 July 1915
Cugir, Alba County, Austria-Hungary (now Romania)
Age: 109 years, 364 days
Country: RomaniaROU
Centenarian

Paladia Noja (born 20 July 1915) is a Romanian centenarian who is currently the oldest living woman in Romania, as well as the second-oldest living person in Romania, behind 112-year-old Ilie Ciocan. She is also the oldest known woman ever from Romania.

Biography[]

Paladia Noja was born in Cugir, Alba County, Austria-Hungary (now Romania), on 20 July 1915. At some point, she married and had four children. Her husband died in 1989, at the age of 81. She learned tailoring as a young woman but was never formally employed. She made clothes for her four children and sewed for local sheep farmers, who offered milk, cheese, meat, and other foodstuffs in exchange. She had a large garden with trees, where she grew various vegetables and wheat, from which she made her own flour.

On 25 November 2023, following the death of 108-year-old Viorica Hogas, she became the oldest known living woman in Romania.

At the age of 109, she is still able to walk around the house, though her hearing and vision have weakened a bit.

On 3 July 2025, at the age of 109 years, 348 days, she surpassed the final age of Elena Lungoci (1895–2005) of 109 years, 347 days, becoming the oldest validated woman ever in Romania.

Paladia Noja currently lives in Cugir, Alba County, Romania, at the age of 109 years, 364 days.

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